I hope this is an appropriate topic for this subreddit. IMHO it is very relevant as the proper light reduces eye strain and allows us to read for hours- so please don’t remove mods 🙂 . I did find several very similar posts, but this was several years ago.
I read in by bedroom, and I absolutely cannot stand the overhead fluorescent lighting. I just installed a wall lamp and used the bulb from my desk lamp- a GE LED10DA19/827. This is an LED, 60W, 2700K, frosted, dimmable bulb. I have it aimed at the ceiling and use the ambient light. This light is absolutely perfect, but I’m looking for the 75 watt version- I can’t find it. I purchased a very similar bulb with the same specs and 75 watts, but it was downright yellow. So I may just have to stay with the original one if I cannot find a replacement.
So my question is – is there a specific bulb model, or a certain characteristic that you find best for reading- warm, soft, LED, Kelvin range, etc? Thanks!!!!
by jcoffin1981
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Byron the Bulb
Don’t know about bulbs but this is the lamp for me:
https://www.seriousreaders.com
Warm/soft is related to the Kelvin range.
As for me, I prefer daylight but I can’t find them here in Europe, they seem to prefer warm white (2700 to 3000 Kelvin). The closest I could get is cool white (5000 Kelvin), so that’s what I have.
Brightness? I usually go as high as possible because our “bulbs” are those with multiple LEDs (GU10 connector) so they kind of max out around 600 Lumens (using Wattage for brightness is so outdated).
I really hate warm white, it makes everything look yellow.
Ok I recently got a personal reading light from Amazon that goes around your neck (like when you pull headphones down off your ears) and has two adjustable little lamps on the ends. GAME. CHANGER. I also have issues with fluorescent lights and too bright overhead light too (it gives me migraines) and this thing is amazing bc the lightbulbs are in front of me and pointing away from my face. So I can basically ignore the light source itself.